LinuxQuestions.org - Remote with DVB tuner - keypresses show up in evtest but not showkey

Trying to get an IR remote as part of a DVB tuner (avermedia a835) to control my music (I don't care about the TV part). I'm running Kubuntu 13.10 on a Thinkpad T400.

It shows up in lsusb fine

Code:

Bus 001 Device 017: ID 07ca:a835 AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.

And in /proc/bus/input/devices

Code:

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=07ca Product=a835 Version=0203

N: Name="AVerMedia AVerTV Volar HD/PRO (A835)"

P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1a.7-1/ir0

S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-1/rc/rc3/input20

U: Uniq=

H: Handlers=kbd event16 

B: PROP=0

B: EV=100013

B: KEY=1000000 0 0

B: MSC=10

And in evtest

Code:

/dev/input/event16:    AVerMedia AVerTV Volar HD/PRO (A835)

Select the device event number [0-16]: 16

Input driver version is 1.0.1

Input device ID: bus 0x3 vendor 0x7ca product 0xa835 version 0x203

Input device name: "AVerMedia AVerTV Volar HD/PRO (A835)"

Supported events:

Event type 0 (EV_SYN)

Event type 1 (EV_KEY)

Event code 152 (KEY_SCREENLOCK)

Event type 4 (EV_MSC)

Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)

Properties:

  Property type 20 (EV_REP)

    Property code 0 (REP_DELAY)

      Value    500

    Property code 1 (REP_PERIOD)

      Value    125

Testing ... (interrupt to exit)

Event: time 1384113890.257478, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 516

Event: time 1384113890.257478, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------

Event: time 1384113890.757480, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 516

Event: time 1384113890.757480, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------

But when I run showkey -s, I don't get any scancodes.

Do I have to tell showkey where to look? Configure something to listen to event16 rather than my keyboard or whatever? What have I done wrong?

Thanks!